diff --git a/includes/locale.inc b/includes/locale.inc
index 309381b..6955f36 100644
--- a/includes/locale.inc
+++ b/includes/locale.inc
@@ -1672,7 +1672,7 @@ function _locale_import_shorten_comments($comment) {
       break;
     }
   }
-  return substr($comm, 0, -2);
+  return trim(substr($comm, 0, -2));
 }
 
 /**